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Swype on Gtablet

First of all, make a backup!! I am not responsible for the terrible things that can happen to an android device when things go awry lol....
Secondly, I have only tried this using Vegan rom (beta 4, and beta 5.1)... I am assuming it will work with any alternate rom but NO PROMISES!!
TO OBTAIN THE NEEDED FILES:
1) Do a google search for "swype on gtablet (kinda)"
2) Somewhere the search results (it was the very first one when I did the search), you should see a post on the tegratab.com forum entitled "swype on gtablet (kinda)" (posted by rothnic)
3) Download the package on that forum, and extract it. There should be three files located in this package: swype.apk, libswypecore.so, and build.prop.
**Keep the page open as we are also going to use the top of the build.prop file that rothnic posted there!! THANK YOU ROTHNIC!!!!!
INSTALL METHOD USING ROOT EXPLORER
I would complete these steps entirely from your gtab, as it does away with the need to transfer files from a pc, etc!
1) Using root explorer, copy first the swype.apk file, and paste it to \\system\app. Once it is copied, long press on it and click "permissions". The permissions should be set as follows:
Read: Check all three boxes down (for user, group, and others).
Write: Check the first box (for user)
Execute: Check the first box (for user)
2) Now again using root explorer, copy the libSwypeCore.so file, and paste it to \\system\lib. Make sure you mount the \\system\lib folder as "read/write" before copying. Once it is copied, set the permissions exactly as you did for the swype.apk file. Make sure you mount the \\system\lib folder as "read only" again before you exit.
3) Now its time to edit the build.prop file, only we are going to make it easy. Instead of going through and editing it, copy the top of the file that rothnic posted on the tegratab site, and replace the top of your build.prop file with what he has there. Don't edit it or anything, just copy it word for word. I did this in root explorer by doing the following:
Using Root Explorer, browse to \\system. Once in this folder, mark it as "read/write".
Locate the build.prop file, and long press on it.
Select "open in text editor".
Copy the text that rothnic had in the post on tegratab, and use it to replace the text that already exists there at the top of the file. It will fit exactly as the original one that you are replacing did. DO NOT CHANGE THE BOTTOM OF THE FILE AT ALL!!!
When you have copied the text, press the "settings" button, and press "save and exit".
(FYI, I am using Vegantab beta 5.1, and replacing the top of the build.prop file did not do any damage to the tablet at all)
Now restart the tablet.
When the tablet restarts, long press on any text entry field and press "input method".
Swype should be an option. Select it, and start swyping!!
If swype isn't listed, click settings, language and keyboard. Check the box next to swype.
(this will also be a good time to click on swype settings and DISABLE audio feedback, as it will drive you and everyone around you NUTS!!)
Now follow the steps above to set swype as your input method and enjoy!!
INSTALL METHOD USING TERMINAL (Courtesy of Terrypchan)
This can be done without root explorer, BUT you have to be willing to type commands in a terminal emulator. I did it without root explorer by using the terminal emulator app with the VEGAn b5 rom (which is already rooted). The only tricky command you need to do is:
1. su
2. cd /
3. mount -w -o remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Step 3 is how you mount /system as read-write. That allows you to copy the apk to /system/app and to copy the lib to /system/lib. You can also copy build.prop to /system here. I also did the chmod commands here as well, i.e.
chmod 644 /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so
chmod 644 /system/app/Swype.apk
I had already edited the build.prop on another machine where I could use a real text editor.
This is the command to remount /system as read-only:
mount -r -o remount /dev/block/blockmtd3 /system
reboot and I'm Swype-ing away.

any chance you could paste the build prop edit in here? For some reason my browser is cutting off part of it.
Thanx,

I bet the mod deletes this within the hour!

Hmm, wonder how long this post will last

Agreed... I respect the effort tho and his directions are perfect!
Thanks brotha...
Sent from my SGH-T959

Instructions worked perfectly for me with the small substitution of adb push/pull to edit the build.prop (root explorer force closed after I had edited the file and before saving so I said screw it ). Thanks!

Combine this with the rainex fix for screen smoothness and it makes for a pretty good time lol
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You don't have to adb it, that's why he recommended root explorer. If you edit it there it automatically makes a backup for you. I've done this with three ROMs, vegan4, zpad3, and vegan5... Never had to use adb
Sent from my Zpad flavored Gtab...

Need help with editing build.prop....swype rar had build.prop in it. Do I copy that same file in full and paste it at the top of build.prop in /system/build.prop...I am confused as to hoe many lines of build.prop I need to edit or change?
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worked for me just fine.
Followed instructions, and used a little common sence along the way. Now it's all up and running.
Thanks a lot for the write up..

Using swpe to type this...
Thanks so much man!

New2Android said:
Need help with editing build.prop....swype rar had build.prop in it. Do I copy that same file in full and paste it at the top of build.prop in /system/build.prop...I am confused as to hoe many lines of build.prop I need to edit or change?
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No ignore the build file in the rar file....
You need to follow the directions exactly and copy the text from the forum post. Remember only the top portion

Swype Keyboard
Confirmed Working on the G tab following above steps. Stock TnT Firmware 3389. Working flawless. Sound and swype.

I am able to get the swype keyboard to come up and type on it but am not able to swype. Dont know what i am doing wrong.
Edited build.prop as shown in the forum still cant swype but just use swype keyboard as a regular keyboard.
Any help will be appreciated
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Any downside to editing the build file in this manner?
Can you change it back after it is installed?
Do you have to redo this every time you go to update your rom?

TaterTot24 said:
Any downside to editing the build file in this manner?
Can you change it back after it is installed?
Do you have to redo this every time you go to update your rom?
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Thats the nice thing about root explorer, it automatically makes a backup when you have modified it
Yes this would need to be redone for each rom.
Sent from my VegaN 'flavored' GTab...

New2Android said:
I am able to get the swype keyboard to come up and type on it but am not able to swype. Dont know what i am doing wrong.
Edited build.prop as shown in the forum still cant swype but just use swype keyboard as a regular keyboard.
Any help will be appreciated
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I initially had the same issue, there's something incorrect in the build.prop. PM me and I'll get a copy of mine to you as i'm using VegaN5 as well.
Sent from my VegaN 'flavored' GTab...

Wow. I can't believe this is still here! Anyway, on to my question...
Is it possible/advised to edit the build.prop on a PC using a standard text editor like notepad? I ask because the browsers on my GTab don't show the whole of the text we're supposed to copy from tegratab.
Thanks in advance.

Editing on a pc is probably fine, however you have to make sure the formatting stays correct, otherwise it all goes south lol.
I printed out a copy of the top of the build.prop that rothnic posted on the tegratab site and used that for reference when editing on my tab....made it easier to see where I was in the text editor
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TaterTot24 said:
Any downside to editing the build file in this manner?
Not that I have seen so far, and I've used this through two roms now
Can you change it back after it is installed?
as i2steve said, root explorer is awesome and makes a copy of the original file for you
Do you have to redo this every time you go to update your rom?
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Unfortunatley, yes, so I would keep the files saved somewhere on your tab lol
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Can't get R/W permission on system folder...?

I am in need of read/write access to my system folder. I am simply trying to copy some ringtones and add a boot animation.
I have SGS tools and ran the r/w script, which allowed me to VIEW the folder with Droid Explorer, however I am unable to actually copy TO the system folder or its subfolders.
Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?
EDIT - I've also tried to push the files to the phone via ADB, but I get an error telling me "Failed: Operation Not Permitted".
EDIT x2 - I've also got Root Explorer installed on the phone and it showed R/W access, but again, I can't get any files pushed to the phone.

Did you allow sgs tools to get a root permission?
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Did you try fixing permissions through cwm recovery?

try root explorer. and double check superuser permissions

goob1284 said:
Did you allow sgs tools to get a root permission?
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Yup.
Did you try fixing permissions through cwm recovery?
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I noticed a section for both "mount /system" and also permissions... Both: DONE.
try root explorer. and double check superuser permissions
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Done & Done...
I've still got no access to R/W in any of the system folders/subs. Any ideas?

I am having the same problem with root explorer..
I have fixed permissions in CWM
It had worked once but now it wont mount r/rw in system folder. Press the icon and it does nothing.
Superuser permission in SGS tools, Root exploer all show active
Any ideas?

Anyone else have any ideas? I'm totally puzzled at this point.

I have sort of fixed the problem..
I go into SGS tools and run the batch file to give r/rw permissions, then I can mount r/rw in system folder, but I loose this each time I reboot and I think when I connect USB..
but it works for the purpose I needed!

I think I've found a work around (or maybe the way it was SUPPOSED to work)...
I rebooted the phone in recovery. Then, selected "mount /system". Then I went to Advanced and "Fix Permissions" (don't know if I had do, just did).
THEN - I was able to FINALLY push the files to the correct folders! I tried it using ADB commands and also with Droid Explorer - Both worked great.
I don't know if the phone was always supposed to be in recovery to do it, but it worked!

Cannot edit build.prop anymore - read-only.

Using Nook Color, CM7 nighly 107.
Got Netflix working a while back by modifying the build.prop file using ES File Explorer - no issues.
Tried again to make some mods and cannot save it anymore. ES reports "writable - NO"
Tried to "su chmod 666" it and it comes back with "File system read-only"
Is anybody else seeing this? What am I missing?
Thanks...

I encountered a similar situation during the build.prop edit while using ES File Explorer on my NC running CM7 on internal memory.
Possibly, the permissions in the program need to be changed to enable it to "write".
Here's what I did: Menu==>Settings==>Root options. "Check" Root Explorer and if my memory serves me correctly, click "Yes" to get past the "Experimental Feature", toggle the "Cyanogen Mod" (if you're using CM7) radio button, click OK and check the "Mount File System" box to make the system writable.
Now, it should be writable. Hope this helps.

dhyamato said:
... check the "Mount File System" box to make the system writable.
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Thanks for the tip, that wasn't it
I remember setting those originally. I just checked again and "Root Explorer" and "Mount FIle System" are both checked.

mwilli20 said:
Using Nook Color, CM7 nighly 107.
Got Netflix working a while back by modifying the build.prop file using ES File Explorer - no issues.
Tried again to make some mods and cannot save it anymore. ES reports "writable - NO"
Tried to "su chmod 666" it and it comes back with "File system read-only"
Is anybody else seeing this? What am I missing?
Thanks...
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In 106 SU wasn't working correctly until I reinstalled it. You can't modify build.prop without superuser rights. Check the thread about SU / Superuser missing in 106 (and I bet 107) for instructions. It worked for me.

DiDGR8 said:
Check the thread about SU / Superuser missing in 106 (and I bet 107) for instructions. It worked for me.
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Interesting... the OP withdrew his post: (apparently it's back in 107)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131369
However when I checked it, the SU app was misbehaving, Force closing, refusing to respond to the menu command. So I reinstalled it. Now it's OK.
Unfortunately I still cannot edit the build.prop file.
I don't think it's a superuser problem because without SU access ES cannot even see the system folder!!! I can see it, and edit the file, just cannot save it.

You might try fixing permissions under recovery.

have you tried the app: nook netflix fixer?

I've changed it successfully on the past 6 consecutive nightlies using adbwireless pull/push. However since 106 I've hsd to reflash su. N108 hasn't given me the su issue. Is it fixed?

Same problem with the build.prop file: cannot save changes, or copy over it. Running in nightly 108 today. Tried both Root Explorer and ES File manager.

I think you need to change the build.prop file properties to be rw using chmod. Don't forget to mount system as rw before doing the chmod.
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foltz61 said:
I think you need to change the build.prop file properties to be rw using chmod.
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Tried that (sudo chmod 666...), get the same message. "file system is read-only"

backup and restore fresh start....?

I'm not great at linux but I do it differently. Try chmod +rw /system/build.prop . Make sure you have system mounted as RW first. I'd also check superuser to make sure whatever terminal/file explorer you are using still has root privileges.
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foltz61 said:
Try chmod +rw /system/build.prop
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666 is the same thing as +rw in this case...
It looks like the "fresh start" suggestion a couple of posts up is the best

All those numbers always confuse me . Sorry. Good luck.
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bike2002 said:
have you tried the app: nook netflix fixer?
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Thanks! That did it!
Does anybody know why this app can modify the build.prop file while ES File Explorer cannot?

I had to mount the folder containing build.prop with rw access in order to use chmod. I think the latest version of the netflix fixer may do the same (see my post in that thread). In short, I used;
Code:
su
busybox mount -0 rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk1p3 /system
in the terminal before using the chmod command in order to give myself rw permissions in the folder. I'm only two days old at this, so it beats me why root doesn't have normal rw permissions on the folder.

NCKevo said:
I had to mount the folder containing build.prop with rw access in order to use chmod...
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Thanks for the tip. I ran the command successfully (by the way, small typo, I believe it's -o not -0) and was able to chmod and edit the file with vi.
That's where confusion began. I reboot and after the reboot I was able to modify the file without remounting the /system directory. The mount command does not surive a reboot does it?

Have you tried just pulling the build.prop
Code:
c:/<target_folder> adb pull /system/build.prop
then editing it with note pad then pushing it back and rebooting>

mwilli20 said:
That's where confusion began. I reboot and after the reboot I was able to modify the file without remounting the /system directory. The mount command does not surive a reboot does it?
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That is confusing. What are the full (i.e. ls -l) permissions on the file now? (It's possible that it somehow ended up with o+w, but I don't understand how - vi isn't exactly known for changing permissions on-the-fly.)
Rodney

pushing apks...

can someone explain to me how to push an apk using root explorer?
i cant seem to figure it out...
thanks

OMG_VTEC said:
can someone explain to me how to push an apk using root explorer?
i cant seem to figure it out...
thanks
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Are you replacing a system app that is built into the ROM? If so, the way I do it is
Go to System/App
Find the apk you want to replace, long click and click on permissions. Take a note of what the permissions are set as
Rename the apk you're replacing with .bak at the end (it's just a backup!)
Paste the new .apk into the folder
Set the permissions identically to the way it was before
Reboot your phone. Done.

OMG_VTEC said:
can someone explain to me how to push an apk using root explorer?
i cant seem to figure it out...
thanks
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If you're trying to put it in /system/app (for example) from your sdcard, find it on sdcard, long press and choose copy. Then use the ".." folder at the top of root explorer to go back to the "/" (root) directory. Select "system" then "app" and touch the "Mount R/W" button. Then choose "paste". Lastly find the apk you pasted in /system/app, long press it and choose "Permissions". Make them look like this and reboot:
--------Read Write Execute
User:-----X-----X
Group:----X
Others:---X
WhiteBandito beat me to it!

(Q) Edit build.prop

Hi mates. I am experiencing issues in editing the build.prop. I mean: even if I can access the file, when I try to save it, it tells me I cannot...
I use file expert to browse and jota text to edit (both free). Es file explorer does not allow me to set root option...maybe it it's not working with note yet...
In any case I don't know what to do to save the new build.prop.
Any suggestions?
Thx to all...
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Diamantes said:
Hi mates. I am experiencing issues in editing the build.prop. I mean: even if I can access the file, when I try to save it, it tells me I cannot...
I use file expert to browse and jota text to edit (both free). Es file explorer does not allow me to set root option...maybe it it's not working with note yet...
In any case I don't know what to do to save the new build.prop.
Any suggestions?
Thx to all...
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Es explorer works well. u might have found it if u searched.
Just make sure that u have enabled root options in the settings.

No.
As I wrote before, I don't know why but Es doesn't allow me to have root options enabled, so I was forced to find a new root explorer. The problem is that I can't save the new build.prop: the app tells me it cannot save the file...
Suggestions?
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Install File Expert, go to settings and enable "Root Explorer" (under "File Explorer Settings"), go back, press menu, more and then "Mount".

/system is mounted RO by default.
use a shell and as root type
Code:
busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
you should get a full access now to all /system filesystem.

THANKS
BazookaAce said:
Install File Expert, go to settings and enable "Root Explorer" (under "File Explorer Settings"), go back, press menu, more and then "Mount".
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Thx mate. It worked. After chose the option "Mount", I edit also the properties of the file (write,read,all...). After that, File expert allowed me to choose the app to open the text file: I choose ES text, because Jota text continued not saving the file. I finally saved the build.prop file.
THX.
sibere said:
/system is mounted RO by default.
use a shell and as root type
Code:
busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
you should get a full access now to all /system filesystem.
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Thank you too.
uff!! what a pain in the ....ss!

Thanks guys! I enabled the Root checkbox, but I cant mount!
I get a Mount failed message.
I tried to be in the / directory when issued the Mount command for RW (using GUI in that application), and being inside /system as well - same error.
I've granted the application Superuser permissions, so thats not it.